Raid on Oropesa

Raid on Oropeso
Part of the French Revolutionary Wars

Torre del Rey, the focal point of the raid
Date9 June 1801
Location
Oropesa del Mar, Mediterranean Sea
40°4′58″N 0°8′44″E / 40.08278°N 0.14556°E / 40.08278; 0.14556
Result British victory
Belligerents
 United Kingdom Spain
Commanders and leaders
Thomas Cochrane
George Pulling		 unknown
Strength
1 Sloop
1 Brig		 12 gun fortification
1 Xebec
1 Felucca
4 gunboats
12 merchant vessels
Casualties and losses
1 killed
7 wounded		 1 Xebec and 2 gunboats sunk
3 brigs captured
Rest driven ashore
Unknown casualties[1]

The Raid on Oropesa took place on 9 June 1801 off the coast of Spain at Oropesa del Mar, when two Royal Navy brigs; HMS Kangaroo and HMS Speedy attacked the port after chasing an armed Spanish convoy. The two British ships took out a fortification of twelve guns and then sank or drove ashore all of the Spanish ships with the exception of three brigs, which they captured.[2][3]

  1. ^ James, William; Chamier, Frederick (1837). The Naval History of Great Britain From the Declaration of War by France in 1793, to the Accession of George IV. R Bentley. p. 146.
  2. ^ Cordingly 2007, p. 61.
  3. ^ James, William (2011). The Naval History of Great Britain. Cambridge University Press. pp. 134–35. ISBN 978-1-108-02167-8. Retrieved 1 November 2024.